Place of Refuge by KB Wadsworth

In this short story, travel writer Emma King calls on all her bravado to elude a crazed killer who tracks her through the back country of Hawaii’s Kona coast.

When Emma accompanies her sweetheart, scientist Jake Shearwater, on a bat survey for the National Park Service the two of them stumble upon the body of Jake’s friend, Park Ranger Keoki Sam. As they race to get help the murderer pursues them and kills again. In a place where refugees seek sanctuary and peace should reign, Emma and Jake spend a terrifying night struggling to escape their hunter.